Sharon Lee Reading Order

36 books (1995–2025)

The Adventures in the Liaden Universe series comprises 36 science fiction novels published between 1995 and 2025, with new installments still being released. This ongoing series should be read in publication order, beginning with Two Tales of Korval and continuing through recent additions like Misfits and beyond. The books follow interconnected stories across a richly developed universe populated by traders, pilots, and adventurers navigating complex relationships and high-stakes situations.

Start with Two Tales of Korval, the first of 36 books in the Adventures In The Liaden Universe series.

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1	Two Tales of Korval 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Fellow Travelers 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Duty Bound 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Certain Symmetry 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Changeling 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Loose Cannon 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Trading in Futures 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Shadows and Shades 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Quiet Knives 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	With Stars Underfoot 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Necessary Evils 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Allies 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Dragon Tide 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Eidolon 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Misfits 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Halfling Moon 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Courier Run 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Skyblaze 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Legacy Systems 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Moon's Honor 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Technical Details 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Sleeping with the Enemy 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Change Management 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Cultivar 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Due Diligence 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Heirs to Trouble 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Degrees of Separation 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Fortune's Favors 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Shout of Honor 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Ambient Conditions 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	The Gate that Locks the Tree 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Bad Actors 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Bread Alone 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Change State 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	From Every Storm 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Civilized Behavior 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (2000–2025)

Sharon Lee edited eight anthologies between 2000 and 2019, completing this collection series. These diverse compilations span fantasy, science fiction, and action-adventure genres, featuring contributions from various authors. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Such a Pretty Face: Tales of Power and Abundance and concluding with Familiars and More Futures for Ferals.

Start with Such a Pretty Face: Tales of Power and Abundance, the first of 8 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Such a Pretty Face: Tales of Power and Abundance 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Low Port 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Fantastic Stories of the Imagination 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Warrior Women 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF Volume 3 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Infinite Stars 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Release the Virgins 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Familiars 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	More Futures for Ferals 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (2010–2024)

The Archers Beach series comprises six fantasy and science fiction novels by Sharon Lee, published between 2010 and 2016. This complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Carousel Tides and concluding with Spell Bound. Each installment builds on the previous stories within this self-contained world.

Start with Carousel Tides, the first of 6 books in the Archers Beach series.

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1	Carousel Tides 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Surfside 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Carousel Seas 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Carousel Sun 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Gift of Magic 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Spell Bound 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Doors Into Change 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2005–2005)

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1	Sword of Orion 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2008–2009)

Sharon Lee's Duainfey series comprises two complete fantasy novels published between 2008 and 2009. The two books should be read in publication order, beginning with Duainfey followed by Longeye. This finished series offers a self-contained story arc across its two installments.

Start with Duainfey and read in order.

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1	Duainfey 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Longeye 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2003–2003)

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1	The Tomorrow Log 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2002–2006)

The Jennifer Pierce series consists of two complete science fiction action adventures by Sharon Lee, published between 2002 and 2006. Both books should be read in publication order, beginning with Barnburner followed by Gunshy, to experience the full arc of this standalone duology.

Start with Barnburner and read in order.

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1	Barnburner 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Gunshy 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

36 books (1988–2027)

The Liaden Universe is an ongoing science fiction series by Sharon Lee consisting of 27 books published between 1988 and 2025. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Agent of Change and continuing through the most recently released installments. This sprawling space opera follows interconnected characters and storylines across multiple worlds and time periods, blending action, adventure, and complex relationships within a richly developed galactic setting.

Start with Agent of Change, the first of 27 books in the Liaden Universe series.

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1	Agent of Change 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Conflict of Honors 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Carpe Diem 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Plan B 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	I Dare 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Local Custom 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Scout's Progress 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Balance of Trade 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Crystal Soldier 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Crystal Dragon 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Fledgling 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Landed Alien 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Mouse and Dragon 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Saltation 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Ghost Ship 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Dragon Ship 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Necessity's Child 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Trade Secret 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Rifle's First Wife 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Chimera 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Dragon in Exile 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Eleutherios 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Alliance of Equals 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Friend of a Friend 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Block Party 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Out of True 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Gathering Edge 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Neogenesis 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Accepting the Lance 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Preferred Seating 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Trader's Leap 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Fair Trade 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Salvage Right 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Ribbon Dance 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Diviner's Bow 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Kin Right 2027Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (2005–2026)

The Liaden Universe Collections series comprises nine volumes of short fiction and reference material set within Sharon Lee's expansive science fiction universe. Published between 2005 and 2026, the series begins with the Liaden Universe Companion volumes followed by the A Liaden Universe Constellation series, which continues to expand. These collections should be read in publication order to best follow the chronological development of the universe's lore and characters. The series is ongoing, with new volumes still being released.

Start with Liaden Universe Companion, Volume One, the first of 9 books in the Liaden Universe Collections series.

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1	Liaden Universe Companion, Volume One 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Liaden Universe Companion, Volume Two 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Cat's Job 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume I 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume II 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume III 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume IV 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume V 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	A Liaden Universe® Constellation Volume VI 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2012–2012)

2 books (2012–2012)

This complete two-book collection of short stories and novellas by Sharon Lee, with Steve Miller co-authoring the first entry, was published in 2012. Both works blend elements of fantasy, science fiction, and action-adventure storytelling. Read in publication order, beginning with Reflections on Tinsori Light and continuing with The Day They Brought the Bears to Belfast.

Start with Reflections on Tinsori Light(With: Steve Miller) and read in order.

9 books (1987–2024)

Sharon Lee's Short Story Collections series spans eight books published from 1987 to 2024, with several co-authored by Steve Miller. This ongoing series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Naming of Kinzel. The collection showcases Lee's work across fantasy, science fiction, and action-adventure genres, offering diverse short fiction across multiple decades.

Start with The Naming of Kinzel(With: Steve Miller), the first of 8 books in the Short Story Collections series.

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1	The Naming of Kinzel(With: Steve Miller) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Master Walk(With: Steve Miller) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Calamity's Child(With: Steve Miller) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Double Vision(With: Steve Miller) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Endeavors of Will 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Quiet Magic 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Quiet Magic(By: Steve Miller) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Variations Three 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Sea Wrack and Changewind 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2020–2020)

Sharon Lee's Splinter Universe Presents series consists of two complete books published in 2020, blending fantasy, science fiction, and action-adventure elements. Both volumes should be read in publication order, beginning with Splinter Universe Presents! followed by Splinter Universe Presents!: The Wrong Lance. This short series is ideal for readers seeking a quick, interconnected pair of stories in the author's action-packed speculative fiction style.

Start with Splinter Universe Presents! and read in order.

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1	Splinter Universe Presents! 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Splinter Universe Presents!: The Wrong Lance 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2012–2012)

6 books (1987–2011)

The Steve Miller Short Story Collections is a complete six-book series of short fiction by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, spanning from 1987 to 2011. The first four collections were co-authored by both Lee and Miller, while the final two were authored by Miller alone. These stories should be read in publication order, beginning with The Naming of Kinzel and concluding with TimeRags II, to follow the intended progression of the collection.

Start with The Naming of Kinzel(With: Steve Miller), the first of 6 books in the Steve Miller Short Story Collections series.

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1	The Naming of Kinzel(With: Steve Miller) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Master Walk(With: Steve Miller) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Calamity's Child(With: Steve Miller) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Double Vision(With: Steve Miller) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Chariot to the Stars(By: Steve Miller) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	TimeRags II(By: Steve Miller) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2016–2016)